Chris Holtmann: podcast appearances and interviews

Chris Holtmann, born on November 11, 1971, is an American college basketball coach currently serving as the head coach at DePaul University. He grew up in Nicholasville, Kentucky, and began his college playing career at Brescia College in Owensboro before transferring to Taylor University, where he played his final two seasons. During his senior year in 1994, he earned All-America honors and contributed to Taylor reaching the number one position in the NAIA rankings. Holtmann started his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Taylor in 1997 and then served as an assistant coach at Geneva College in 1998. He returned to Taylor as an assistant in 1999. Holtmann's coaching career includes a significant tenure at Gardner-Webb, where he first joined as an assistant in 2002 and later became associate head coach. He spent five seasons there, leading a rebuilding effort that resulted in the school's first Division I postseason appearance in 2013, earning conference and district coach of the year honors. In 2013, Holtmann moved to Butler as an assistant coach, and in 2014 he became interim head coach following the medical leave of absence of Brandon Miller. He was appointed permanent head coach of Butler in January 2015. Holtmann departed Butler in June 2017 to become the head coach at Ohio State. He parted ways with Ohio State during the 2023–24 season and was hired by DePaul in March 2024 as their head coach.